Four Birmingham residents sue over UPS plane crash [online extra]

10:01 PM,
Oct. 11, 2013

The National Transportation Safety Board and FBI scour a field Friday, Aug. 16, 2013, north of the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport where UPS flight 1354 crashed on Wedesday, in Birmingham, Ala. The National Transportation Safety Board hasn't determined what caused the crash of the UPS A300 airplane early Wednesday, but officials have said a preliminary investigation didn't reveal any evidence of engine failure before the plane struck trees about one mile away from the end of the runway. (AP Photo/al.com, Frank Couch)

Written by

Harold J Adams
| The Courier-Journal

A lawsuit was filed this week against UPS and the Birmingham, Ala. Airport Authority by four homeowners who claim their homes were damaged in the August crash of a UPS cargo jet in that city.

The suit filed October 8 in Jefferson County (Ala.) Circuit Court accuses UPS of failing to take due care when operating its cargo planes and blames the airport authority for creating conditions that the plaintiffs say made the crash unavoidable.

UPS issued a statement Friday saying, "The accident was a tragic situation for UPS, our pilots and their loved ones, and the Birmingham community." ...